Collar button



W. L. LINDSAY COLLAR BUTTON Dec. 9, 1924. I 1,518,989

FiledJuly 7, 1923 vFT .- mmmnw I M I? m w 365%)" Llirulwgy,

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wrruzss: W ATTORNE Patented Dec. 9, 1924.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WALTER L. LINDSAY, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

COLLAR IBUTTO'N.

Application filed July 7',

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VVALTER L. LINDSAY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Collar Buttons, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to collar buttons.

Some of the objects of the present invention are: to produce a collar button more readily adapted for use; to produce a collar button having a substantially U-shap'ed flat head mounted for pivotal movement on the shank of the button and capable of being moved and of being temporarily held in parallelism and coincident with the longitudinal axis of the shank as its non-buttoning position so as to be readily insertable in the button holes in both neck-band of a shirt and the collar to be applied thereto; a substantially U-shaped flat head for a collar button, which head has branches capable of being flexed by virtue of the inherent springness of the head, the head being pivotally mounted and being movable on its pivots by virtue of the flexing of said branches; a head for a collar button as characterized and means for temporarily holding the head in a buttoning position and a non-buttoning position. With these and other objects in view the invention resides in the particular provision, construction, relative disposition and functions of the parts hereinafter fully described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the collar button of the present invention.

Figure 2 is a plan view.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the but ton with the head detached therefrom.

Figure f is a side view; the head being shown in a buttoning position in. full lines and in its nonbuttoning position in dotted lines.

Referring now more particularly to the several views of the drawing for all of the details it will be apparent that the collar button of the present invention, generally, comprises a base 10, a shank 11, and a head 12. The parts mentioned may be all metal, either precious or base metal, and when base metal is used the base 10 will be backed by celluloid or by mother of pearl. The shank may be formed integral with the base or it 1923. Serial No. 650,072.

may be attached thereto in any preferred. manner. The base 10 is circular; the shank 11 may be of any shape cross-sectionally but 1n the present instance is flat sided and crosssectionally rectangular; and the head 12 is preferably in the shape of a horseshoe or U-shaped and has inherent springness and is flat and has axially alined pivot studs 13 for the mounting of the head. The head is further characterized by the studs 13 being on the insides respectively of the branches 14 with portions 15 of the latter on each side of each stud. The shank has axially alined holes 16 for the reception of the studs 13 and has grooves 17 and grooves 18 into and out of which the portions 15 move in the movement of the head to a buttoning position and a non-buttoning position; the portions 15 being disposed in the grooves 17 when the head is in a non-buttoning position, and being disposed in the grooves 18 when in a buttoning position. The head when in a buttoning position is disposed transversely with respect to the shank 11 with portions at opposite sides thereof, and when the head is in a non-buttoning position it is in parallelism and coincident with the longitudinal axis of the shank with portions of the head at opposite sides of its points of connection with the shank; the branches 14f being disposed on opposite sides of the shank and the rounded portion or bight 19 being foremost or beyond the end of the shank for free and easy insertion of the head in and through button holes. It should now be manifest that the construction of the head and the manner of attaching the same requires merely the head itself without extra parts for its attachment; and that because of the inherent springiness of the head the branches may be flexed and by virtue of the portions 15 and the grooves 17 and 18, the head may be temporarily held against mOYo ment in a buttoning position. and a nonbuttoning position; there being coac'tion between portions of the shank and portions 15 respectively of the head because of said grooves 17 and 18.

What is claimed is:

A collar button having a shank having axially alined holes therein and grooves radiating from each of said holes, a U- shaped head having pivot studs between the bight portion and the ends thereof which are axially alined and disposed in said holes by virtue of the flexibility of the portions of the head on which the pivot studs are arranged, the said portions of the head respectively being movableinto and outeof said grooves to temporarily hold said head disposed transversely of the shank as itsibut toning position, a portion otf said head-extending on opposite sides of the axis of the pivot studs and in parallelism and coincident with the longitudinal axis of the shank as "its non-buttoni ng position;

In testimony whereof I hereby afiix my signature.

- WALTER L. LINDSAY. 

